Carter Ashton was scoreless in 17:00 of ice time in Novgorod's 4-3 OT win over Novokuznetsk. Ex-NHLer Sergei Kostitsyn had the OT winner for Novgorod. Ex-Avs picks Ryan Stoa and Linus Videll each also had goals in the match, as well.

Yikes. Ex-AHLer Barry Brust had to turn aside just 19 shots to blank Yugra 6-0. Nikita Gusev was scoreless in 15:58 in the match. Ex-Lightning prospects Michal Sersen and Vladimir Mihalik each had helpers in the win for Slovan.

Vladislav Fokin stopped all 38 shots he faced to lead Yugra to a 3-0 win over Vladivostok. Yugra got 2 goals and 3 points from 23 year old centerman Kirill Rasskazov in the win. Nikita Gusev was scoreless in 15:16 of ice time, but he did tie Rasskazov with a team high 5 shots on goal. Yugra, which has been one of the doormats of the league the past few seasons, has risen to 2nd on the Eastern Conference table with the win, 2 points shy of Novosibirsk for the top spot.

Nikita Gusev scored on 2 of 3 attempts in the Shootout, including the winner, in Yugra's 2-1 win over Novosibirsk. He played 15:37 in the match. Ex-Star Tomas Vincour had the lone goal of the match for Novosibirsk.

Nikita Gusev was scoreless in 13:38, but had a team high 6 shots on goal in Yugra's 3-2 win over Novgorod. Carter Ashton was -1 in 18:44 in defeat. Ex-Sens pick Kaspars Daugavins also had a goal in the loss.

Saku Salminen did not play for Jokerit in their 6-3 loss to St. Petersburg. Having played sparingly in just 3 games this season, at some point one would hope Salminen will be loaned to a SM-liiga or even a VHL club so he can at least get some ice time to develop this year. SKA St. Petersburg was paced by ex-Panthers pick Evgeny Dadonov's 2 goals and 4 points in the win. They also got a helper from ex-Lightning forward Evgeny Artyukhin, as well.

Carter Ashton had minors for hooking and tripping in 15:04 of ice time in Novgorod's big 6-0 drubbing of Yugra. Nikita Gusev was held scoreless in 15:28 of ice time in the defeat. Novgorod goaltender Mikhail Biryukov needed to make just 12 saves to secure the shutout for Novgorod.